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WILLIAM ROYCE LATIMER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1943 – April 25, 1967
Service recordWilliam Royce Latimer, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 86
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 86
- WILLIAM CHARLES JOYLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- JAMES V LAWLORPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JOSEPH M LINGLE JRFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1967
- RONALD LEE LYVEREPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE DOOSEPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 84
- JAMES V LAWLORPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 86
- JOSEPH M LINGLE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 86
- RICHARD CHESTER PRATTPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 87
- THOMAS BOYD SHARPFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 88
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.